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Gavin Geddes
Personal information
Full name Gavin John Geddes[1]
Date of birth (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Hove,[1] England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position Winger
Youth career
Hove Park Colts
Adur Athletic
Saltdean Tigers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lewes
Shoreham
199?–1993 Wick
1993–1994 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 (1)
1994–1997 Crawley Town[3] 72 (14)
199?-1999 Burgess Hill Town
1999-2001 Horsham
2001 Worthing
2001 Eastbourne Borough
2001-2002 Worthing
2002-2003 Horsham
2003-2004 Worthing
2004-2005 Horsham
2005 Whitehawk 4 (1)
2005-2007 Worthing United
2008 Horsham
2008 Worthing United
Saltdean United
Sutton United
Ashford Town (Middlesex)
2009 Burgess Hill Town
2009-2010 Horsham YMCA[4] 22 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavin John Geddes (born 7 October 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1][2]

Early professional career

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The Brighton Argus hailed his fairy tail rise from Lewes reserves in 1991 to the Albion first team just two years later.[5] Geddes was signed on 1 July 1993 by manager Barry Lloyd for Brighton & Hove Albion after appearing at the Goldstone Ground in a Sussex Senior Cup win for Wick. Under new manager Liam Brady he left the club exactly a year later after 15 league and cup appearances.[6][citation needed] He scored twice, once against Reading in the FL Trophy and also against Wrexham in the league.

Career in non-league football

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Geddes also played non-league football for a variety of clubs, mainly in Sussex.[7] He totalled 75 goals in 135 league and cup games for Horsham across four spells, 43 goals in 73 league and cup games for Burgess Hill Town in two spells and 16 goals in 84 appearances for Crawley Town.[8]

In September 1998 and February 1999 he was playing for Burgess Hill Town, including appearing in the semi-final of the Sussex Senior Cup.[9] [10]

In January 2000, while playing for Horsham Geddes scored for a Sussex representative side against the Navy.[11]

In February 2001 he scored a hat trick in a 4-0 win for Horsham in Ryman League Division 2 amid speculation it could be his last game for the club, with a move to Lewes rumoured.[12]

In August 2001, Geddes signed for Worthing.[13] In December 2001 he re-joined Worthing after a two week spell at Eastbourne Borough,[14][15] being re-signed by new caretaker manager Barry Lloyd, who had earlier brought him to the Albion. At the time he was the second highest goal scorer in Ryman League South.[16] In March 2002 he was still playing for Worthing, despite being told by the manager he could speak to other clubs.[17]

In September 2002 he had returned to Horsham, scoring against his former club in a West Sussex derby.[18] In February 2003 while playing for Horsham in a game against Tooting & Mitcham United, he was involved in an altercation with visiting fans after scoring a disputed goal.[19] In September and December 2003 he was back playing at Worthing.[20][21]

In August 2004 Geddes re-signed for Horsham from Worthing.[22]

Geddes began the 2005-2006 season at Whitehawk, playing in the number 9 shirt for his old Albion colleague Ian Chapman[23] and scoring in his first two games.[24] After making just five league and cup appearances, he moved to Worthing United.[25]

In October 2006 he was involved in a scoring FA Cup run while playing for Sussex County League side Worthing United, who reached the third qualifying round with a game against Maidenhead United. The Brighton Argus listed his former clubs as Lewes, Shoreham, Wick, Crawley Town, Worthing, Saltdean United and Horsham.[6]

Geddes finished the 2007 season with 23 goals in 29 games for Worthing United.[26]

He re-signed for Worthing United in November 2008,[27] after playing his last game for Horsham against Tonbridge Angels on 4 October.[28]

In March 2009 Geddes was back playing at Burgess Hill Town[29] and was sent off at home to Kingstonian the following month.[10]

In October 2009 he joined Horsham YMCA from Burgess Hill Town[30] and in December scored a hat-trick after coming off the bench in a 9-0 win over Eastbourne Town in Ryman Division 1.[31]

Personal life

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Geddes was jailed in February 2019 at Lewes Crown Court for 40 months over allegations of blackmail with menaces to his former abusive childhood football coach.

While in prison, Geddes wrote a screenplay 'An Evening with Neville Heath' and subsequently an autobiography 'Soundtrack to a Life: The Gavin Geddes Story' which he is hoping to have published.[32]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gavin Geddes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. ↑ "CTFC History: All season summary". Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  4. ↑ https://www.horshamymfc.co.uk/matchesplayed/1022/294?fplyShowAll=true&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp
  5. ↑ The fairy tale rise of Gavin Geddes, Brighton Argus Sport Seagull Scene, by John Vinnicombe and Andy Naylor, 18 November 1993
  6. 1 2 "Geddes still living the dream | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Sussex Senior Football, The Players Who Made Local Football, by Kevin Keehan 2022
  9. ↑ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/burgess-hill-town-nostalgia-pictures-from-the-past-213244
  10. 1 2 "Burgess Hill Town 1 Kingstonian 2 | Your Local Guardian". www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Goal-hungry Sussex sink The Navy | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  12. ↑ https://www.horshamfc.co.uk/matches/2000-01/2266/cheshunt/
  13. ↑ "Ryman League: Hitmen bidding to revive the big two | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Gav's quick departure surprises Borough | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Gav tops for Wilson at Borough | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Geddes set sights on a leading role | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "Football: Baxter quits Worthing | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  18. ↑ "Ryman League: Honours even in derby thriller | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  19. ↑ https://www.horshamfc.co.uk/matches/2002-03/2372/tooting-mitcham-united/
  20. ↑ "FA Cup: Heybridge 3 Worthing 3 | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "Football: Non-League Round-up | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  22. ↑ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/it-will-be-the-toughest-pook-1297438
  23. ↑ Whitehawk v Redhill, Matchday Programme, 13 August 2005
  24. ↑ Whitehawk v Worthing United, Matchday Programme, 5 November 2005
  25. ↑ "County League: Geddes gives his new club a big lift | The Argus". www.theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  26. ↑ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/storrington-go-safe-from-relegation-on-last-day-1293853
  27. ↑ https://hassocksfc.net/2008/11/report-hassocks-3-0-worthing-united-15-11-08/
  28. ↑ https://www.horshamfc.co.uk/players/gavin-geddes/
  29. ↑ "Burgess Hill Town 0 Corinthian Casuals 0 | Watford Observer". www.watfordobserver.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  30. ↑ "Corinthian-Casuals 2-1 Horsham YM - All Matches - Horsham YM Football Club". www.horshamymfc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  31. ↑ "League News - Barry Simmons" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2020.
  32. ↑ "Meet Gavin Geddes – An Author! – jrlewis85's Blog". jrlewisauthor.blog. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
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